Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Left
Château de Carrouges
Right
Établissement Thermal, Bagnoles de l'Orne
Southern Normandy
F
ROM THE ASTONISHING SIGHT OF MONT-ST-MICHEL,
appearing like
some fabulous mirage out of the pancake-flat landscape which surrounds
it, to the equine elegance of the national stud at Haras du Pin or the human
elegance of romantic Château d'O, this region, which consists of the
département
of Orne and the southern part of Manche, is crammed with
history and variety. The scenery is just as varied: there's the rugged beauty
of the Pays d'Alençon in the Parc Régional de Normandie-Maine, where
bands of thick forest cover the high ridges; the wooded Mortainais, with its
steep valleys and exhilarating waterfalls; the gently rolling pastureland of
the Perche, interrupted by cool, deep, green forests; the narrow lanes and
pretty, flower-filled villages of the Pays du Bocage Ornais; and those flat salt
marshes of the Baie de Mont-St-Michel.
Sights
1
Mont-St-Michel
2
Avranches
3
Alençon
4
Bagnoles de l'Orne
5
Le Perche
6
Haras National du Pin
7
Parc Régional de
Normandie-Maine
8
Château d'O
9
Château de Carrouges
0
Alpes Mancelles
Mont-St-Michel with local sheep
Vire
Granville
Gacé
Flers
Tinchebray
Argentan
Haras National
du Pin
Château d'O
6
Brécey
L'Aigle
Briouze
2
Avranches
8
Mortain
Parc Régional
Normandie-Maine
1
MANCHE
ORNE
7
Tourouvre
Mont-
St-Michel
La Ferté-Macé
Sées
St-Hilaire-
du-Harcouët
Domfront
4
9
Château de
Carrouges
Mortagne-au-
Perche
Bagnoles-
de-l'Orne
St-James
Ceaucé
5
3
Alençon
Gorron
Lassay-les-
Châteaux
Le Perche
St-Brice-
en-Coglès
La Perrière
Alpes
Mancelles
0
Fougères
Bellême
Mayenne
ILLE-ET-
VILAINE
MAYENNE
SARTHE
40
miles
0
km
40
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